Wooden ‘LEGO block’ building technique

From Superinnovators 10/01/24 Belgian startup Gablok, founded in 2019, has developed a self-build timber-frame construction method that includes stacking 7kg modular wooden blocks containing insulation, reminiscent of LEGO. Their flat-pack kit allows you to build the floors and exterior/interior walls of your timber house but does not include the roofing and exterior finishing (plaster, brick, […]

Exoskeleton tool balancer makes light work of wall-breaking

From Superinnovators 03/11/23. This article is in TLDR (Too Long Didn’t Read) format which is popular in the innovation community and provides a bullet summary of information. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Travis Collins (@toolsbydesign) More info https://www.hilti.group/content/hilti/CP/XX/en/company/media-relations/hilti-stories/construction_trusted_health_safety_partner.html https://www.hilti.com/c/CLS_EXOSKELETON_HUMAN_AUGMENTATION/CLS_UPPERBODY_EXOSKELETON/CLS_SUB_UPPERBODY_EXOSKELETON/r14012433 You may also be curious about:

Eco-friendly bamboo has mainstream construction potential after researchers make break through

From University of Bristol 23/10/23 Scientists at the University of Bristol have successfully used screws as connectors in bamboo without splitting the material. The study, recently published in the journal Construction and Building Materials, proposes a safe yet efficient prediction model for a simple connection method for bamboo, which is commonly used in wooden structures. […]

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